Explanation
BACKGROUND: Eight parcels currently held in the Land Bank have been approved for disposition. In order to complete the transfer, authorization is needed for the Director of the Department of Development to execute any and all agreements and deeds for conveyance of the real property. This legislation authorizes the transfer of the following eight parcels to Habitat for Humanity-MidOhio, an Ohio nonprofit corporation:
1. 89 Barthman Avenue (010-018356)
2. South Fifth Street, Lot 57 (010-030560)
3. 1812-14 South Sixth Street (010-054411)
4. 1803-1805 South Fifth Street (010-021780)
5. 1850 South Fifth Street (010-040200)
6. 1854 South Sixth Street (010-048033)
7. 79-81 Reeb Avenue (010-023552)
8. 95-97 East Woodrow Avenue (010-010246)
Habitat for Humanity-MidOhio will construct new single-family dwellings on each parcel for homeownership purposes. The parcels will be transferred by deeds recorded in the Official Records of the Franklin County Recorder’s Office.
FISCAL IMPACT: No funding is required for this legislation. The City may first recover reimbursement of any and all expenses incurred on account of the acquisition, administration, management, maintenance and disposition of such land and such other expenses of the program as the City may apportion to such land from the sale proceeds.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: Emergency action is requested to expedite the transfers in order to reduce Land Bank maintenance costs.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds for conveyance of title of eight parcels of real property held in the Land Bank pursuant to the Land Reutilization Program to Habitat for Humanity-MidOhio, an Ohio nonprofit corporation; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 1325-98, Council adopted and elected to use the Revised Code Chapter 5722, Land Reutilization Program, to facilitate effective reutilization of nonproductive land acquire...
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